Chapter 12: Going into the Mountains to Find Her Father
Xie Chaochao didn’t say anything else. She sat silently on the small stool and hugged the little tiger.
Sun Chengfu and his wife accompanied Xie Chaochao to finish her meal, thinking that they had managed to coax this little girl.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Chaochao ran out of the house with her friends.
Xie Chaochao stood at the foot of the mountain.
The surroundings were pitch-black. The little girl was hugging the little tiger.
“Xiao Hu, Daddy will definitely be fine. Let’s go up the mountain to look for him!”
Xiao Hu rubbed its paws on Xie Chaochao as if in response.
Then, Xiao Hu took the lead and ran into the mountains.
Xie Chaochao followed behind it and also ran into the pitch-black mountains.
She was very familiar with the mountains. She used to play here with the little tiger and the other animals every day. It was like her second home.
Even when the sky is dark, Xie Chaochao did not encounter any mishaps.
“Daddy! Daddy! Where are you?”
Xie Chaochao shouted as she ran.
They went to the mother tiger’s cave, to the uphill slope where she had gone with Xie Zhou previously.
After that, they found the collapsed area.
“Daddy!”
Xie Chaochao’s voice echoed through the silent mountains.
On the other hand, Sun Chengfu also realized that Xie Chaochao had disappeared.
He immediately panicked.
He found the villagers who had worked with Xie Zhou and wanted to go find Xie Chaochao.
“Xie Zhou had just gotten into an accident, and now his precious daughter has gone lost! If he’s still alive, how are we going to answer to him?!”
Sun Chengfu was really reluctant to part with his current job.
Not only was the work not tiring, but he also earned a lot of money.
This was all thanks to Xie Zhou.
Over the past few years, Xie Zhou had become their backbone.
The moment something had happened to him, most of the villagers panicked.
The current village chief, Old Wang, felt very conflicted.
Previously, he saw Xie Zhou giving orders in the village. As the village chief, he was not of any use at all, so he harbored resentment towards Xie Zhou.
However, he knew in his heart that if something had really happened to Xie Zhou, their village would lose their source of income.
“Hand over the men in the village and form a team to search in the mountains!”
“It’s already so late at night. Who knows what she might encounter? Let’s not waste any more time!”
They hurried up the mountain with flashlights.
At that time, Xie Chaochao had no idea how big of a commotion she had caused with her departure.
She was still shouting, “Daddy, where are you?”
The little girl’s voice was hoarse.
In the end, she sat on a large rock, looking depressed.
“Xiao Hu, Daddy will definitely be fine, right?”
She poked a small hole in the ground with a wooden stick.
The little tiger went around in circles.
The little flower snake also climbed down from the little girl’s neck.
It crawled along the stick, to the small hole.
Xie Chaochao sounded very down. “Daddy is so capable, he will definitely be fine!”
Xie Zhou was trapped underground. At first, he did faint.
After some time, he vaguely heard Xie Chaochao’s voice.
He wasn’t sure if he was hearing things.
However, when he thought of his precious daughter, he immediately regained consciousness.
If he died here, what would happen to his daughter?
How could she survive alone?
Xie Zhou started digging at the surrounding soil.
The space he was in was very small.
If he wanted to get out, he would have to remove the soil and gravel on top.
After a while, Xie Zhou suddenly smelled something and sniffed his hands.
There was no light here and he could not see anything.
However, this familiar smell made him feel ecstatic.
If the things inside were really what he thought, then this was a blessing in disguise!